goblet

Object NameWinged Goblet

Made FromGlass

Date1600-1699

Place Madeprobably Italy, Venice

TechniqueBlown, applied, tooled, mold-blown

SizeOverall H: 17.3 cm, W: 11.1 cm; Foot Diam: 11 cm

Accession Number2000.3.13

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Matters of Taste: Food and Drink in 17th Century Dutch Art and Life

Beyond Venice: Glass in Venetian Style, 1500-1750

On ViewEuropean Gallery

Physical DescriptionWinged Goblet. Colorless, with grayish tinge; translucent turquoise blue. Blown, mold-blown; applied, tooled. Eight-lobed bowl with alternating round and pointed lobes, with fire-polished rim and rounded base; attached by merese to mold-blown stem with ball knop above tapering section with upper half of straight ribs and lower half (and knop) of twisted ribs; joined by glue-bit to shallow, blown foot with fire-polished rim and pontil mark. Tapering stem is decorated with two applied ear-shaped wings of blue glass, with trailed-on and pincered colorless glass pulled down toward foot as “legs.”
Provenance

Source Christie's, Paris - 2000-03-28